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== Congrats! == | |||
I'm delighted to see the handoff to CDSG. For about 18 months it had been very difficult to get thru to John Stanton for things that only he could do as top Administrator; and much worse: off and on during that time, the site had been taken over by spam, which led me to remove all my links for a few months. | I'm delighted to see the handoff to CDSG. For about 18 months it had been very difficult to get thru to John Stanton for things that only he could do as top Administrator; and much worse: off and on during that time, the site had been taken over by spam, which led me to remove all my links for a few months. | ||
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American & Military History | American & Military History | ||
bit.ly/historyUSA | https://bit.ly/historyUSA | ||
[[User:Bill Thayer|Bill Thayer]] ([[User talk:Bill Thayer|talk]]) 08:31, 10 March 2025 (PDT) | [[User:Bill Thayer|Bill Thayer]] ([[User talk:Bill Thayer|talk]]) 08:31, 10 March 2025 (PDT) | ||
== | : Thanks for the kind words. Long may it continue under the CDG umbrella. [[User:John Bray|John Bray]] ([[User talk:John Bray|talk]]) 11:15, 10 March 2025 (PDT) | ||
== Permission to run global-replaces? == | |||
Hiya again John, | |||
I notice that I (i.e., my editor level) no longer have permission to run global-replaces; I would like to have that reinstated — you'll see from my previous edits over the years that I've been thoroughly responsible with the feature, of course. For example, right now I would like to do a global-replace of<br> | |||
"http://www.northamericanforts.com/" | |||
<br>BY | |||
<br> "httpS…" | |||
Over the last coupla months there have been a few other things that would benefit from a global-replace; no longer remember what they were; but if they crop up again, it would be good to be able to do them. | |||
Best, | |||
[[User:Bill Thayer|Bill Thayer]] ([[User talk:Bill Thayer|talk]]) 07:27, 27 August 2025 (PDT) | |||
: I have no objection, but I'm not acting as administrator here, Mark Berhow is. I think its best to ask him. Tell him to visit https://fortwiki.com/index.php?title=Special%3AUserRights&user=Bill+Thayer and promote you back to being an administrator again. | |||
:: Thank you. I just saw this only today…! [[User:Bill Thayer|Bill Thayer]] ([[User talk:Bill Thayer|talk]]) 12:07, 11 November 2025 (PST) | |||
Latest revision as of 12:07, 11 November 2025
Congrats!
I'm delighted to see the handoff to CDSG. For about 18 months it had been very difficult to get thru to John Stanton for things that only he could do as top Administrator; and much worse: off and on during that time, the site had been taken over by spam, which led me to remove all my links for a few months.
But recently John did get in touch with me and told me you guys were topnotch. I've restored all my links, over 10,000 of them!
I'm particularly happy that you kept the architecture exactly as it was. Even with a change in the front part — "fortWiki.com" that would have been great, very easy to fix on my site with a global-replace; but I was dreading the possibility that the pages would each turn into one of those things like "…/abc.cgi-next?q?xr432az-?=566A making large-scale link transfer essentially impossible, both on my own site and on Wickedpedia.
In sum, how do I spell relief? K-U-D-O-S. Long may FortWiki continue as the invaluable resource it is.
Bill Thayer billthayerchicago@gmail.com
American & Military History https://bit.ly/historyUSA
Bill Thayer (talk) 08:31, 10 March 2025 (PDT)
- Thanks for the kind words. Long may it continue under the CDG umbrella. John Bray (talk) 11:15, 10 March 2025 (PDT)
Permission to run global-replaces?
Hiya again John,
I notice that I (i.e., my editor level) no longer have permission to run global-replaces; I would like to have that reinstated — you'll see from my previous edits over the years that I've been thoroughly responsible with the feature, of course. For example, right now I would like to do a global-replace of
"http://www.northamericanforts.com/"
BY
"httpS…"
Over the last coupla months there have been a few other things that would benefit from a global-replace; no longer remember what they were; but if they crop up again, it would be good to be able to do them.
Best, Bill Thayer (talk) 07:27, 27 August 2025 (PDT)
- I have no objection, but I'm not acting as administrator here, Mark Berhow is. I think its best to ask him. Tell him to visit https://fortwiki.com/index.php?title=Special%3AUserRights&user=Bill+Thayer and promote you back to being an administrator again.
- Thank you. I just saw this only today…! Bill Thayer (talk) 12:07, 11 November 2025 (PST)